linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] initramfs: remove sparse warnings

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Date:	Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:36:41 +0900
From:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] initramfs: remove sparse warnings

2010-08-20 (금), 13:00 +0100, Al Viro:
> No.  This code should *NOT* use the VFS guts, TYVM.  The whole fscking point
> is that this puppy is a sequence of plain vanilla syscalls, ideally run
> simply in userland thread.  We used to have a magical mystery shite in there
> and it had been a huge PITA.

So is it worth to work on removing the warnings like this patchset does?
Or else, how can I improve the code even a bit? Can you please give me a
direction?

-- 
Regards,
Namhyung Kim


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